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    Publication numberWO2011028603 A3
    Publication typeApplication
    Application numberPCT/US2010/046794
    Publication dateJul 28, 2011
    Filing dateAug 26, 2010
    Priority dateAug 26, 2009
    Also published asCA2770700A1, EP2470267A2, EP2470267A4, EP2470267B1, US20110054315, WO2011028603A2
    Publication numberPCT/2010/46794, PCT/US/10/046794, PCT/US/10/46794, PCT/US/2010/046794, PCT/US/2010/46794, PCT/US10/046794, PCT/US10/46794, PCT/US10046794, PCT/US1046794, PCT/US2010/046794, PCT/US2010/46794, PCT/US2010046794, PCT/US201046794, WO 2011/028603 A3, WO 2011028603 A3, WO 2011028603A3, WO-A3-2011028603, WO2011/028603A3, WO2011028603 A3, WO2011028603A3
    InventorsWilliam W. Roberts, Timothy L. Hall, Charles A. Cain, J. Brian Fowlkes, Zhen Xu, Michael Thomas Kusner, Jr., Dejan Teofilovic
    ApplicantThe Regents Of The University Of Michigan
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    External Links: Patentscope, Espacenet
    Micromanipulator control arm for therapeutic and imaging ultrasound transducers
    WO 2011028603 A3
    Abstract
    A medical imaging and therapy device is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the device is that it can image a target tissue volume and apply ultrasound energy to the target tissue volume. In some embodiments, the medical imaging and therapy device is configured controllably apply ultrasound energy into the prostate by maintaining a cavitational bubble cloud generated by an ultrasound therapy system within an image of the prostate generated by an imaging system. The medical imaging and therapy device can be used in therapeutic applications such as Histotripsy, Lithotripsy, and HIFU, for example. Methods associated with use of the medical imaging and therapy device are also covered.
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    1 *See also references of EP2470267A4
    Classifications
    International ClassificationA61B8/13, A61B8/00, B25J7/00, A61N7/00
    Cooperative ClassificationA61B34/72, A61N7/02, A61B2017/22008, A61B2090/378, A61B90/50, A61B8/12, A61B8/4218
    European ClassificationA61B8/12, A61N7/02, A61B8/42B2
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